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Lot Essay
The present picture is after a work by William Marlow dated 1790 (Bank of England Collection). A line engraving after Marlow's painting was produced by J.H. Kernot and published by M.M. Holloway in 1844.
The view is taken from Poultry looking east up Threadneedle Street and Cornhill with the entrance to Prince's Street, the Bank of England, and St. Bartholomew on the left. In the centre stands the triangular Bank Buildings and behind it, with its front facade on Cornhill and rear emerging onto Threadneedle Street, is the Royal Exchange. On the right are the churches of St. Peter Cornhill and St. Michael Cornhill.
The Bank of England is depicted with George Sampson's gateway, and the screens added either side by Sir Robert Taylor. Taylor was also the architect responsible for Bank Buildings, which served as the premises of Richardson & Goodluck's Lottery Office. The Royal Exchange depicted is that designed by Edward Jarman, which replaced Thomas Gresham's original building which burnt down in the Great Fire in 1666. Jarman's building was in turn burnt down on 10 January 1838 and replaced by the present building, designed by Sir William Tite and opened by Queen Victoria in 1844.
The view is taken from Poultry looking east up Threadneedle Street and Cornhill with the entrance to Prince's Street, the Bank of England, and St. Bartholomew on the left. In the centre stands the triangular Bank Buildings and behind it, with its front facade on Cornhill and rear emerging onto Threadneedle Street, is the Royal Exchange. On the right are the churches of St. Peter Cornhill and St. Michael Cornhill.
The Bank of England is depicted with George Sampson's gateway, and the screens added either side by Sir Robert Taylor. Taylor was also the architect responsible for Bank Buildings, which served as the premises of Richardson & Goodluck's Lottery Office. The Royal Exchange depicted is that designed by Edward Jarman, which replaced Thomas Gresham's original building which burnt down in the Great Fire in 1666. Jarman's building was in turn burnt down on 10 January 1838 and replaced by the present building, designed by Sir William Tite and opened by Queen Victoria in 1844.